Corey Lewis of the US state of Georgia was babysitting a 10-year-old girl and a six-year-old boy when the police were called on him. He claims it’s because he’s black and the children are white. Source: Facebook/ Corey Lewis

The woman circled the parking lot and returned to Lewis’s car, saying, “Can I ask the little girl if she knows who you are?” and Lewis answered, “No, you cannot.”

The woman then said, “OK, I will take down your licence plate,” and left.

“I asked a few white witnesses if it looked suspicious that I was caring for two white children, and they said ‘Kind of,’” Mr Lewis said.

“But the kids were goofing around and eating, and there was no sign of danger.”

Mr Lewis driving with the two kids he’s babysitting in the back seat.. Source: Facebook/ Corey Lewis

Mr Lewis headed to a service station, and while he was pumping petrol, he noticed the woman’s car again. Concerned about the children’s safety, he drove to his house, and when he arrived, so did the woman — and a police car.

“I didn’t do anything — the police is here now!” Mr Lewis said in a Facebook Live video with more than 230K views.

“I’m being followed and harassed.”

In the video, the officer, whom Lewis says was courteous, spoke to the children, who confirmed Mr Lewis’s identity.

The term babysitting while black is being used on Twitter to describe the incident.

Ms Mango said the experience frightened her children.

“My son said, ‘The woman followed us because we have peachy skin and Mr Lewis has brown skin, and she thought he was kidnapping us.’ They were both fearful that Corey wouldn’t be able to babysit them anymore.”

Ms Lewis, who works with a diverse set of children each day, told Yahoo Lifestyle, “A black man with white children just didn’t look right in this woman’s eyes.”